Excel Services in SharePoint. •Excel 2010 workbook. (containing a PowerPivot
model), deployed to a SharePoint 2010 library. •Opens in the browser. •Runs on
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Power View & PowerPivot High Octane Self-Service Reporting Paul Turley Mentor, SQL Server MVP
[email protected] SqlServerBiBlog.com
New Self-service BI Paradigm • PowerPivot in Excel • Excel Services in SharePoint • Tabular models in Analysis Services • Enterprise reporting tools: • Excel Services • Report Builder / Reporting Services • PerformancePoint
• Power View visual experience
What is PowerPivot? • Next-generation of Analysis Services • In-memory cube (but simpler) • Technologies: • • •
VERTIPAQ VERTISCAN DAX
• 3 Flavors: • Desktop • Shared • Enterprise
- compression - real-time aggregation & calculation - expression & query language (Excel-like, MDX-like, not SQL-like) Excel 2010 add-in deployed to SharePoint library BISM tabular model in SSAS
PowerPivot in Excel • Data storage compressed & embedded in the XLSX file
• In-memory aggregation • No row limit (realistically, tens of millions) • File size limit: 2 GB • Memory limit: as much as you have (64 bit OS) • Query speed: fast • Compression ratio: 5x to 20x, depending on sparceity, redundancy, etc.
Demonstration • PowerPivot in Excel
Excel Services in SharePoint • Excel 2010 workbook
(containing a PowerPivot model), deployed to a SharePoint 2010 library
• Opens in the browser • Runs on the SharePoint server • Storage limit: 2GB (SharePoint / SQL Server limit) • Speed: fast
Demonstration • Excel Services in SharePoint
Tabular Models • Uses exactly the same VERTIPAQ & VERTISCAN
technology • Model is designed in SQL Server Data Tools (Visual Studio 2010) • PowerPivot workbook can be converted to tabular model • Model data is stored in a special Analysis Services instance on an enterprise server • No stated resource limits • Same reporting & client tools can use either PowerPivot or tabular model
Demonstration • BISM tabular model • Design & deployment • Tabular mode SSAS database
SharePoint Shared Connections • Deployed PowerPivot model/workbook • Shared connections are stored in a connection library
• BISM Connection file (.BISM) • Reporting Services Shared Connection (.RSDS) • Windows Authentication • Stored credentials • Impersonation • Delegation
Demonstration • SharePoint connection library • Create BISM connection file •
Simple
• Create RSDS shared connection • Flexible • Use tabular model data provider • Connection string • Authentication options
Power View • “Visualization experience” not “Reporting tool”
• Simplicity • Business user experience • Behavior is intuitive & automatic • “Do the right thing be default” • Little or no training
• Driven by PowerPivot or tabular model
Demonstration (part 1) • Open Power View from PowerPivot model • Open Power View from connection • Choose fields to create table • Change table to a visual • Filters • Slicers • Tiles • Interactivity
Demonstration (part 2) • Multiples • Animated bubble chart (animated presenter)
• Pages • PowerPoint integration • Saved reports
The Future • Power View & Reporting Services • Analysis Services multidimensional models & tabular models
• PowerPivot in Excel & SharePoint
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